Birthday:May 12, 1943City:Swan's IslandState/Prov.:MEOccupation:Registered Nurse - Emergency Dept.Website:www.swansisland.meMarital Status:MarriedWhat elementary school(s) did you attend?:Fall CreekWhat Junior high school did you attend?:BoyntonDid you attend ninth grade at Boynton or IHS?:BoyntonWhat have you been doing for the past 50 years?:After graduating in 1961, I attended Ithaca College and the Ag School at Cornell before graduating from Bemidji State College in Bemidji, MN in 1966 (math and chemistry). I spent two years in graduate school at the U of MN in MPLS before getting sidetracked by an interest in computers ... went to work for Sperry Univac in St. Paul, MN as a programmer/analyst then worked for several startups in the IT world/mostly marketing, sales, and/or project management roles ... then laid off in 1990 in my 50's, had four years of adventures/odd jobs ... deckhand on a tramp freighter, worked on deck on some ocean going tug boats, taught sailing, ran a couple of sail lofts, delivered boats, before going back to school to re-invent myself as a registered nurse ... have been an RN working in Emergency Departments for 12 years now. Along the way I married Sharon, also a nurse. Sharon and I spend part of the year in Maine, based on Swan's Island, and part of the year at our Florida home in Ruskin, FL.
Finally retired ...from nursing at age 71. Still splitting my time - summers on Swan' s Island, ME, winters in RUSKIN, FL.

If/when in the vicinity of Swan's Island, ME or Ruskin, FL give me a call.

PeterStorandt

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Birthday:January 18, 1943City:El DoradoState/Prov.:KSOccupation:retiredMarital Status:MarriedNo. of Children:3What elementary school(s) did you attend?:Belle Sherman (1-5) and Cayuga Heights (6)What Junior high school did you attend?:BoyntonDid you attend ninth grade at Boynton or IHS?:BoyntonWhat have you been doing for the past 50 years?:After Cornell, went to graduate school at UMass and then on to a career in admissions and student services at several graduate professional schools. Since 2004, have lived in Washington, DC, and currently work for an education association managing two centralized application services. Daughter Liz lives in Santa Fe, NM, and is a professional equestrian; daughter Katy lives in Seattle, WA, and works for Microsoft; son Lyall lives in Houston and works for ExxonMobil. My wife Judie is a disability rights attorney who works for an advocacy and training organization on Capitol Hill.

From Peter:Enjoying life in the slow lane since July 2011, with three granddaughters just a mile away and everything else an easy walk from our wonderful prairie-style home (a l Frank Lloyd Wright) purchased for next to nothing.Send Peter a Message

LindaDrew (Struble)

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Birthday:July 02, 1943City:GrotonState/Prov.:NYOccupation:Retired from Cornell UniversityMarital Status:MarriedNo. of Children:2What elementary school(s) did you attend?:Central SchoolDid you attend ninth grade at Boynton or IHS?:BoyntonWhat have you been doing for the past 50 years?:Married my husband of 48 years a couple years out of high school. We have 2 daughters and 2 granddaughters.

From Linda:

Kathie passed away on April 29, 2016. To read her obituary, click HERE.

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DonSutherland

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Birthday:October 05, 1943City:EndicottState/Prov.:NYOccupation:RetiredMarital Status:MarriedNo. of Children:3What have you been doing for the past 50 years?:Went into the Navy right after high school. When I finished my tour I came back to Ithaca and worked at NCR printing facility. I Married Bea Krause of Spencer NY in 1966. Left NCR to go to work for IBM in Endicott in 1967. Held several positions there before taking a management job for IBM in Topeka KS in 1978. Worked in Topeka and in Kansas City Mo. until 1984 when I took a management position back in Endicott. In 1988 I moved into software development for IBM's Virtual Machine (VM) operating system. I worked there until I retired in June 2007. In retirement I have been busy with a fairly large honey-do list and hiking. In 2008 I completed hiking the Catskill 3500 peaks and I'm in the process of getting them all in the winter now.. This October I completed hiking the Finger Lakes Trail end to end with two of my hiking friends.. Our three children are scattered across the US. Our daughter Juli is a RN in Columbus OH, son Dan a Pharmacist in Topeka KS and son Jeff a Golf Superintendent in Santa Rosa Ca. We have a total of 10 grandchildren that we don't get to spoil often enough..

From Don:I'm looking forward to our 50th reunion. Send Don a Message

SandraPassman (Tesch)

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Birthday:May 21, 1943City:GeorgetownState/Prov.:TXOccupation:Art Therapist/RetiredMarital Status:MarriedNo. of Children:2What elementary school(s) did you attend?:Falls ChurchWhat Junior high school did you attend?:BoyntonDid you attend ninth grade at Boynton or IHS?:HuH? Did we have a choice?What have you been doing for the past 50 years?:After graduating from Cornell I married Tony Zavadil III (CU '65), moved to NYC and worked while he finished CU Med school. Moved to Boston for his internship/residency, had daughter (Velouette). Moved to Chapel Hill, N.C. for his required service duty. Had son (Anthony P Zavadil IV) who was born on his great grandfather's and father's birthday July 3rd. I started work on my FA degree in Boston and continued in N.C. where I pursued fiber arts and started weaving. Moved to Washinton DC/ McLean Va. Where I got my FA and then an MA in Art Therapy at The G.W.U. As an artist I became known as Saundra. I sold as part of a Fiber Arts group, participated in many juried shows and won a few prizes. I produced a public TV show called Heels and Wheels about car shows/ clubs/ races. It was great fun as I got to get on the tracks and speed around at 125+MPH like I always wanted to do in Ithaca, but as you may recall my Dad was with Allstate Ins. and only let me drive a VW. I was a member of a Middle East Dance troupe which performed through out the DC area and for five years produced a 2hr. show in McLean, Va. divorced.

As an Art Therapist I worked with every age(3-104),and diagnosis including medical illnesses. As my thesis was on Art Therapy with dementias I lectured, taught, and had several positions in Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Centers (Marriott). In my private practice I was a certifed NLP practitioner, ran mandala meditation and guided imagry groups, as well as individual therapy. Met my current husband (Bob Tesch, a fifth generation Texan and U.T. grad) at an Alzheimer's convention in Chicago. Moved to Austin, married in 1996. Together we designed, built and ran an Assisted Living Center in Plano, Texas. I worked there until I came down with breast cancer. I had difficulty getting well. So when Bob asked me what I wanted to do I said, "Raise Llamas and get back to weaving." Got the first of my 15 Llamas, six longhorn steers,numerous dogs and cats and moved to an 85 acre "farm" and retired_HA! Our business format changed, got out of the Assisted Living Business, or so we thought! In Dec 2009 my mother had a TIA that left her unable to live in Florida alone so I brought her back to Texas with me to rehab. She is still with me and is the major focus of my days. I do what I can with limited short bursts of unfettered time. Mostly spinning Llama fiber, knitting, weaving, making art quilts and fabric art dolls

My daughter is a Pediatrician, and the director of the Pediatric Hospitalist division at Medical City, Dallas Tx. She has two children a girl and boy. Her son was born this year on her brother's,father's, and great-grandfather's birthday July 3rd. And I thought I did good! My son is in finance, lives in Soho NYC and dates like The Donald. Luckily there are no grand kids there! My orange blood husband has two daughters and four grandchildren here in Texas. So that gives us a total of six grands- 5 girls (one set of twins) and one boy. They all say that is it for them.

God willing I'll outlive my mother_ she'll be 95 this year_ and there will be more adventures ahead.

From Sandra:

Hope to make it to the reunion. Mom still has a brother living there, so if she is able to make the trip we'll be there. Good health to all of you, Sandra

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SharonTownley

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Birthday:October 18, 1943City:Honeoye Falls,State/Prov.:NYOccupation:PsychologistMarital Status:SingleWhat elementary school(s) did you attend?:Fall CreekWhat Junior high school did you attend?:Boynton Jr. HighDid you attend ninth grade at Boynton or IHS?:Ithaca HighWhat have you been doing for the past 50 years?:Graduated from the University of Rochester with major in Psychology. Obtained Masters Degree from SUNY at Geneseo with majors in Education and Psychology with certifications in early childhood education and school psychology. Received Certification as a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapist from the Institute for Rational Living in New York.

Worked as a School Psychologist for three years. Worked at a New York State Psychiatric facility for 28 years with the adult inpatient and outpatient population in a rehabilitation setting and later with the chronic inpatient population.

I retired in 1999 from full time employment and since then have been working part time for Central New York Psychiatric Center in a Correctional Facility two days a week as a therapist in their mental health unit.

I am blessed with many friends with Margie Perna topping the list as we have been like sisters over the years. Mom, Ciara and I spend weekends throughout the summer at our cottage on Canandaigua Lake.

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MilliePirko (Triff)

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Birthday:February 15, 1943City:HancockState/Prov.:NYOccupation:RetiredMarital Status:DivorcedNo. of Children:3What elementary school(s) did you attend?:East Hill ElementaryWhat Junior high school did you attend?:Boynton Junior HighDid you attend ninth grade at Boynton or IHS?:IHSWhat have you been doing for the past 50 years?:Updated November 2014: I live with four cats who keep me busy vacuuming up cat hair! After completing my studies at Katherine Gibbs School in NYC, I worked at Cornell for about 10 years, then I took 10+ years off to raise children and immerse myself in their activities, and then I returned to the work force. For the last ten years I've been the Registrar at a therapeutic boarding school for at risk teenagers. I have two daughters and one son and seven grandchildren that range in age from 3 years to 27 years. My oldest grandson is in the Army and serving our country in Afghanistan. The school where I worked for over 14 years closed in August 2014 due to lack of funds. I am using this unexpected retirement to continue with my writing and hope to publish my next book soon.

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JohnTuthill

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Birthday:July 23, 1943City:RichardsonState/Prov.:TXOccupation:Commercial Real Estate / General ManagerMarital Status:MarriedNo. of Children:3What elementary school(s) did you attend?:West HillWhat Junior high school did you attend?:BoyntonDid you attend ninth grade at Boynton or IHS?:BoyntonWhat have you been doing for the past 50 years?:Graduated IC 1966; joined Marines for 5.5 years and became an F-4B Phantom fighter pilot, flying 233 combat missions in Vietnam; 12 years with GM; President or General Manager of 3 Commercial real estate management company's until the last company was sold after a hostile tender from that sweetheart, Carl Icahn. Working part time on a few low profile real estate deals for the parent company I was with when Carl showed up! Spend time at our main home in Richardson, Texas and some down time at our home in Santa Rosa Beach, FL. Married the greatest gal in the world and still with her 44.5 years later from the IHS class of 1962, Penny Hemming. Three children, 7, soon to be 8, grandchildren. Loves of our life.

God Bless,

John

From John:A few weeks ago I asked George Kent to place a Vietnam story I wrote on the Veterans web page. He did so and I appreciate his help. However, there's more to that story than just a combat mission. There's a Testimony that goes with it about how one deals with and recovers combat experiences. If you would like a copy just notify me at the e-mail address shown and I'll send it to you. You may find it something that could help current veterans recover from their combat experiences. It took me a long time until I discovered someone was always there with me. Don't let a friend, son, daughter or husband go through the long learning process I did.

God Bless,

JohnSend John a Message

NancyWilcox (Valentine)

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Birthday:November 30, 1942City:GenevaState/Prov.:NYOccupation:HairdresserNo. of Children:3What elementary school(s) did you attend?:Inlet ValleyWhat Junior high school did you attend?:BoyntonDid you attend ninth grade at Boynton or IHS?:BoyntonWhat have you been doing for the past 50 years?:My family moved to California for the end of high school. My "Then" picture is my senior picture from CA high school. I am now a hairdresser and have my own shop in my home in Geneva, NY. I've been doing hair for 36 years. I have always liked doing hair even when I was in junior high and high school.

From Nancy:Thank you for the classmate updates.

BarbHanson (Van Geluwe)

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City:Virginia BeachState/Prov.:VAOccupation:Busy RetireeMarital Status:WidowedNo. of Children:2What elementary school(s) did you attend?:Central SchoolWhat Junior high school did you attend?:Boynton Jr. HighDid you attend ninth grade at Boynton or IHS?:BoyntonWhat have you been doing for the past 50 years?:After high school, I attended Iowa State University where I met my husband, David. Funny thing, he lived in Ithaca, but graduated from Lansing High School. Amazingly, we were the same age. Small world how things happen.

We were married 30 years. He passed away in 1995 from lymphoma, but previously, he had two heart attacks - after the second one (1987), he needed a heart transplant. Doctors gave him six months to two years to live without a transplant, but he never received the new heart. He went to cardiac exercise therapy three times a week, living nearly eight years. Doctors aren't always right and I was thankful for the extra time we had together.

I have two sons, one lives here in VA Beach, the other in Salisbury, MD. My two grandchildren live here and I keep busy transporting them to and from sports practices.

I got tired of mowing lawns, etc., so I moved to a Senior Apt. Complex within walking distance of two grocery stores, pizza places, three banks, and several restaurants. I can walk or bike to my Son's house and even my doctor, if need be. I do have a car but don't drive much except to take the grandchildren. The car is almost three years old and has only 7,400 miles on it - a true little old lady's car even with it's dual exhausts, a spoiler, and a moon roof. I keep telling myself I'm 45.

For those classmates who had my mother, Alice Hanson, for 5th grade, she passed away in 2003 at the age of 93.